I know that many out there are not fans of widgets, but I find myself using them quite often for games, quick info, calculations, etc. Although I am a fan of widgets, I dislike using Dashboard because when I misclick, the whole thing goes away. A simple fix for this problem can be found using Terminal. Type in:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
Then reset the dock by typing in “killall Dock”. Now open Dashboard, click and hold a widget, then deactivate Dashboard. You’ll find that the widget stays on the desktop. There is one drawback which is that the widget stays on top of all other windows so it may get in the way of other work. To reverse the process, type in the same command again, replacing “YES” with “NO”, then reset the dock again. That’s a good widget!
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Omer Zach
dave
Brad Jasper
Try typing the following command into Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode NO; killall dock
This should remove the widgets from your desktop and restore Dashboard to it's previous state. January 22nd, 2008 at 11:44 am